EST. 1988 . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 31st Year of Existence . . . Our web site has over 1.325 Million views and we thank you . . . For Thursday October 18, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Top 10" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 2016 Honoree Victor Maldonado who was the MVP for his Irvin High School Baseball team, umpired National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Independent Professional Baseball for the American Association League, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), NCAA Division I and Division III play and in 2016 he was designated as a standby Umpire for the El Paso Chihuahuas in AAA Pacific Coast play and El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of 1988 Honoree William C. “Nemo” Herrera who coached Bowie High School to El Paso’s first High School State Baseball Championship in 1949, named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor and 4 different Halls of Fame . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
Ruben Porras
Inducted in 1991
Led Bowie High School to 1949 Texas High School State Championship
Graduated from Bowie in 1951 after leading Bears to Bi-District playoffs in 1950
Turned down a scholarship to pitch for Idaho University and started professional career in 1951 with the El Paso Texans
In 1951, the Texans opened their exhibition season against the New York Yankees and fresh out of high school he pitched against Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer
In 1952 he injured his arm pitching in the Mexican Winter League
Following two years of military service with the US Army he tried to resume his career but his arm never recaptured its magic
He attributes his success to his legendary Coach Nemo Herrera at Bowie High School who, “not only taught him the fundamentals of baseball but how to win”.
